"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson

Friday, February 29, 2008

RIP, William F. Buckley, Jr.

As a little kid in the late 1970s, I will always remember the time I was surfing our four channels, and I checked what was on PBS (probably hoping it would be Sesame Street). Instead of Big Bird, the show that was on was called Firing Line, and on the screen was a rather disheveled looking man who was talking with an accent that to my young ears, sort of sounded British... but not quite. I remember asking my mother who this guy was, and she told me his name was William Buckley. I asked her if he was from England, and she said, "No, he's from New England." At the time, I don't think I knew where New England was located, so I was just further confused about the way this man spoke.

Years later, I would purchase a subscription to National Review, and I am the better informed because of it. I have William Buckley to thank for his overwhelming influence; not only on my politics but on the body politic of this nation.

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I am native of the mountains of northern California; 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army and California National Guard; Secondary School History teacher; Husband; Father of Two; and three-time honoree as Time Magazine's Person of the Year (2003, 2006, 2011).